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Data Model Types

You can find the list of available data types which can be represented by referencing the SimpleValueGroup production in jcs-sdk-home/conf/xsd/datamodel.xsd XML schema.

The basic types, which are part of the XML schema specifications, are:

• boolValue

  Represents a Boolean value, true or false.

• intValue

  Represents a 32-bit signed integer in the range [-2,147,483,648, 2,147,483,647]

• longValue

  Represents 64-bit signed integer.

• FloatValue

  A 32-bit floating-point decimal number as specified in the IEEE 754-1985 standard.

• dblValue

  A 64-bit floating-point decimal number as specified in the IEEE 754-1985 standard. The external form is the same as the float datatype.

• dateValue

  Defines a UTC date in "YYYY-MM-DD" syntax

  Example: 1970-01-01

• dateTimeValue

  Defines a UTC date and time in "YYYY-MM-DD'T'HH:MM:SS" syntax.

  Example: 1970-01-01T00:00:00

• timeValue

  UTC time value in "HH:MM:SS" syntax

  Example: 00:00:00

• enumValue

  Referenced to fixed set of alternatives defined in metadata.

  Note: For more information, see the SoftdrinkVarieties enum in the SDKDYN connector's sdkdyn_metadata.xml for an example.

• flexiStrValue

  Basically a string, but allows validator/converter plug-ins to be triggered.

  Note: For more information, see <flexiStrValue type="noComma"> type in the SDKDYN connector's metadata.xml, referenced in its connector.xml, for an example.

• binaryValue

  Signifies the value is a raw binary value which should be passed through unchanged.

In addition to these basic types the following types are also types built on top of them:

• setValue

  An unordered collection of basic types, usually the right choice as the order of the values in an LDAP attribute is not guaranteed to be preserved. Remember to provide a baseType definition.

• sequenceValue

  An ordered collection of basic types. Remember to provide a baseType definition.

• mapValue

  A map made up of entries consisting of a key (of a basic type) which maps to a value (either a basic type, collection, or sub-map).

• compoundValueClassRef

  For attributes which have compound values this setting allows the class which defines their content to be named.

  Note: For more information, see the SDKCOMPOUND sample connector.